Tottenham Hotspur quietly unearthed a gem during the 2024/25 campaign ,as winger/attacking midfielder Mikey Moore put himself on the radar of everyone Tottenham fan with some electrifying performances in the Europa League.
Moore's cup of coffee under Ange Postecoglou should yield bigger opportunities in the 2025/26 season, but those chances probably won't come with Tottenham. The 17-year-old phenom can play on either wing or perform as an attacking midfielder, but he does his best work on the right side of the formation.
Well, Tottenham just invested 55 million pounds in one of the best young players in the Premier League, Mohammed Kudus, who plies his trade on the right side of the formation. Moore is thus on the block of potential loan transfers so that he can get more playing time, and exciting landing spots like Borussia Dortmund could provide that for him in 2025/26 to springboard his career to the next level.
But there's another, arguably more underrated, gem at Tottenham who is also just waiting to break out. Young goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky showed the world his prodigious talent in a League Cup semifinal fixture against eventual Premier League champions Liverpool, producing a dream debut.
Ligue 1 giants are ready to jump
Like Moore, Kinsky is buried on the depth chart, as Tottenham have one of Europe's better starting goalkeepers in Guglielmo Vicario. Now, Kinsky is only 22 years old, and the latest talented Czech goalkeeper has more upside than Vicario, meaning the starting job at Tottenham will almost undoubtedly be his one day.
But for now, Vicario is the top guy. In order to get the minutes he needs to develop, Kinsky must go out on loan at least as badly as Moore, and, already, a top club in European football is eyeing him as a priority replacement for their own potential departure.
According to a report from L'Equipe's Loic Tanzi and Damien Dagorre, Ligue 1 giants Lille have made Antonin Kinsky their top goalkeeping target to replace young superstar Lucas Chevalier, who could make a big step in his career by moving to French rivals PSG as Gianluigi Donnarumma's replacement. Donnarumma has been linked with a bold move to the Premier League, as rivals Manchester United and Manchester City are gunning after the reigning Champions League winner.
Chevalier is one of the best up-and-coming goalkeepers in world football, but Kinsky is also emerging in that bracket and could become a huge name with regular playing time as a well-known club like Lille. Then after the loan, he could come back to Tottenham and replace Vicario as a starter, depending on how long that loan is and how well both he and Vicario do.
Vicario is a good goalkeeper, but Kinsky could be special. Lille could offer him the right environment to become a major star, just like Mike Maignan, who won Ligue 1 for Les Dogues and used that as a launching pad to becoming one of the most famous goalkeepers in world football. Chevalier looks like he could be next and maybe Kinsky will be after that, too, but find his way back from the loan as a superstar in North London.